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In reply to the discussion: Well Tr**p Got The Permission He Was Seeking So He Could Declare Martial Law.... [View all]VMA131Marine
(5,178 posts)33. Trump cannot cancel any elections in states
Unless the states themselves go along with an order from Trump to not hold them. I could see Texas doing this but it would be stupid.
What Trump could do is physically prevent senators and representatives from entering the U.S. Capitol to do business. This would be illegal but he controls enough force to do it or he burns down the Capitol and blames it on an undocumented immigrant
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Well Tr**p Got The Permission He Was Seeking So He Could Declare Martial Law.... [View all]
global1
Friday
OP
Yes, but we are all 'crazy' and 'overreacting' and 'not being objective' and all the other reasons.
OldBaldy1701E
Friday
#2
You agreed with the OP, that martial law was the plan to cancel the midterms
Fiendish Thingy
Friday
#22
That still doesn't answer HOW elections would be cancelled in all 50 states
Fiendish Thingy
Friday
#27
The court ruled the Epstein stuff should be released over 3 weeks ago, it hasn't happened
questionseverything
Friday
#35
Command of the executive branch is not equivalent to control of 50 state governments. Nt
Fiendish Thingy
Friday
#26
One of his former DHS officials, Miles Taylor, was on Jen Psaki's show last night talking about how the hellbeast
LymphocyteLover
Friday
#8
If we were in normal times, we'd be banding together to bomb Putin back to the stone ages.
Initech
Friday
#20